Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea(newatlas.com)

184 points by 01-_- 1 year ago | 36 comments

Alzheimer's biomarkers now visible up to a decade ahead of symptoms(newatlas.com)

205 points by 01-_- 1 year ago | 52 comments

Giving T cells extra batteries supercharges them against cancer(newatlas.com)

164 points by peutetre 2 years ago | 71 comments

Early immunotherapy for Crohn’s disease significantly reduces complications(newatlas.com)

88 points by geox 2 years ago | 16 comments

No credible tie between Tylenol use and autism/ADHD study finds(newatlas.com)

47 points by atombender 11 months ago | 9 comments

Tiny QR code achieved using electron microscope technology(newatlas.com)

31 points by jonbaer 8 months ago | 22 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads(nature.com)

331 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 196 comments

Nature news article from February 2025 about an inexpensive blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body.

New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times(economist.com)

413 points by andsoitis 4 months ago | 143 comments

Economist article reporting that a promising pancreatic cancer drug may be the first of a new class of treatments targeting a cancer master switch.

New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study(lji.org)

615 points by codebyaditya 3 months ago | 262 comments

La Jolla Institute for Immunology news release on a new HIV vaccine approach that produced high levels of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primates.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

GLP-1 may slow biological aging(universityofcalifornia.edu)

136 points by dzink 9 days ago | 121 comments

University of California news article reporting a UC San Diego study suggesting a popular GLP-1 weight loss drug may slow biological aging.